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+2011-03-28, Version 5.0.0
+ * collectd: The "FQDNLookup" option is now enabled by default.
+ * collectd: The internal representation of time has been changed to
+ allow a higher accuracy than one second.
+ * collectdcmd: This new command line utility can send various commands
+ to collectd using the UnixSock plugin. Thanks to Håkon Dugstad
+ Johnsen and Sebastian Harl for their code.
+ * collectd-nagios: The "-m" option has been implemented (treat NaNs as
+ critical).
+ * collectd-tg: Traffic generator creating bogus network traffic
+ compatible to the Network plugin. This utility can be used to
+ stress-test new write plugins and collectd in general.
+ * libcollectdclient: Creating and sending network packets has been
+ added to the collectd client library.
+ * All data sets: The data source name of all data sets with exactly
+ one data source has been changed to "value".
+ * All plugins: All "counter" data sources have been converted to
+ "derive" data sources. All plugins now use "derive" by default, but
+ plugins such as the network plugin can still handle "counter", of
+ course. The minimum value of all derive data sources is zero, the
+ maximum value is unspecified.
+ * amqp plugin: The new AMQP plugin can send data to and receive data
+ from an AMQP broker. Thanks to Sebastien Pahl for his code.
+ * apache plugin: Backwards compatibility code has been removed.
+ Support for the IBM HTTP Server has been added. Thanks to Manuel
+ Luis Sanmartín Rozada for his patch.
+ * contextswitch plugin: Support for sysctlbyname(3) has been added.
+ Thanks to Kimo Rosenbaum for his patch.
+ * df plugin: The default behavior has been changed to be equivalent to
+ the "ReportReserved" behavior of v4.
+ * dns plugin: Improved RFC 1035 name parsing has been imported from
+ "dnstop".
+ * exec plugin: Backwards compatibility code has been removed.
+ * GenericJMX plugin: The "InstancePrefix" option has been added to
+ "Connection" blocks.
+ * hddtemp plugin: The "TranslateDevicename" config option has been
+ removed.
+ * interface plugin: Use the "plugin instance" to store the interface
+ value.
+ * libvirt plugin: The "InterfaceFormat" option has been added. Thanks
+ to Ruben Kerkhof for his patch.
+ * lpar plugin: New plugins for "logical partitions", a virtualization
+ technique of POWER CPUs. Thanks to Aurélien Reynaud for his code and
+ patience.
+ * modbus plugin: Support for libmodbus 2.9.2 has been added and the
+ license has been changed to LGPLv2.1.
+ * mysql plugin: Backwards compatibility code has been removed. The
+ data sets used have been improved.
+ * network plugin: The default buffer size has been increased to
+ 1452 bytes.
+ * perl plugin: Backwards compatibility code has been removed.
+ * postgresql plugin: Backwards compatibility code has been removed.
+ * redis plugin: Plugin for collecting statistics from Redis, a key-
+ value store, has been added. Thanks to Andres J. Diaz for his code.
+ * swap plugin: Implement collection of physical and virtual memory
+ statistics under Solaris. The new default is collecting physical
+ memory. Thanks to Aurélien Reynaud for his patches.
+ * threshold plugin: The threshold configuration has been moved into
+ this separate plugin.
+ * unixsock plugin: The "DeleteSocket" option has been added.
+ * varnish plugin: The new Varnish plugin reads statistics from
+ Varnish, a web accelerator. Thanks to Jérôme Renard and Marc
+ Fournier for their contributions.
+ * write_redis: New plugin for writing data to Redis, a key-value
+ store.
+ * zfs_arc plugin: The data sets have been replaced by more elegant
+ alternatives.
+ * v5upgrade target: Target for converting v4 data sets to the v5
+ schema.
+
+2011-03-26, Version 4.10.3
+ * Documentation: Several updates and additions. Thanks to Sebastian Harl.
+ * collectd: Build issues (compiler warnings) have been fixed. Thanks to
+ Bruno Prémont.
+ * collectd: Threshold subsection: Handling of NAN values in the
+ percentage calculation has been fixed.
+ * collectd, java plugin, ntpd plugin: Several diagnostic messages have
+ been improved.
+ * curl_json plugin: Handling of arrays has been fixed.
+ * libvirt plugin: A bug in reading the virtual CPU statistics has been
+ fixed. Thanks to “JLPC” for reporting this problem.
+ * modbus plugin: Compatibility with libmodbus 2.0.3 has been restored.
+ * processes plugin: Potentially erroneous behavior has been fixed in an
+ error handling case.
+ * python plugin: Fix dispatching of values from Python scripts to
+ collectd. Thanks to Gregory Szorc for finding and fixing this
+ problem.
+
+2010-11-27, Version 4.10.2
+ * Documentation: Various documentation fixes.
+ * collectd: If including one configuration file fails, continue with
+ the rest of the configuration if possible.
+ * collectd: Fix a bug in the read function scheduling. In rare cases
+ read functions may not have been called as often as requested.
+ * collectd: Concurrency issues with errno(3) under AIX have been
+ fixed: A thread-safe version of errno has to be requested under AIX.
+ Thanks to Aurélien Reynaud for his patch.
+ * collectd: A left-over hard-coded 2 has been replaced by the
+ configurable timeout value.
+ * curl, memcachec, tail plugins: Fix handling of "DERIVE" data
+ sources. Matching the end of a string has been improved; thanks to
+ Sebastian Harl for the patch.
+ * curl_json plugin: Fix a problem when parsing 64bit integers. Reading
+ JSON data from non-HTTP sources has been fixed.
+ * netapp plugin: Pass the interval setting to the dispatch function.
+ Restore compatibility to NetApp Release 7.3. Thanks to Sven Trenkel
+ for the patch.
+ * network plugin: Be less verbose about unchecked signatures, in order
+ to prevent spamming the logs.
+ * notify_email plugin: Concurrency problems have been fixed.
+ * python plugin: Set "sys.argv", since many scripts don't expect that
+ it may not be set. Thanks to Sven Trenkel for the patch.
+ * rrdtool, rrdcached plugin: Fix a too strict assertion when creating
+ RRD files.
+ * swap plugin: A bug which lead to incorrect I/O values has been
+ fixed.
+ * value match: A minor memory leak has been fixed. Thanks to Sven
+ Trenkel for the patch.
+
+2010-07-09, Version 4.10.1
+ * Build system: Checking for "strtok_r" under Solaris has been fixed.
+ * Portability: Fixes for Solaris 8 have been applied. Thanks to
+ Alexander Wuerstlein for his patch.
+ * collectd: The shutdown speed when terminating the read threads has
+ been improved.
+ * libcollectdclient: A format error in the PUTVAL command has been
+ removed. Thanks to Johan Van den Brande for fixing this.
+ * df plugin: An error message shown when "cu_mount_getlist" fails has
+ been added.
+ * processes plugin: Missing initialization code for IO members of a
+ struct has been added. Thanks to Aurélien Reynaud for fixing this.
+ * python plugin: Memory leaks in the write and notification callbacks
+ have been fixed. A possible crash when the plugin was loaded but not
+ configured has been fixed. Thanks to Sven Trenkel for his patches.
+ * snmp plugin: Verbosity with regard to unknown ASN types has been
+ increased. A build problem on PowerPC and ARM processors has been
+ fixed by Aurélien Reynaud; thanks!
+ * powerdns plugin: Compatibility changes for PowerDNS 2.9.22 and above
+ have been applied. Thanks to Luke Heberling for his changes.
+
2010-05-01, Version 4.10.0
* collectd: JSON output now includes the "dstypes" and "dsnames"
fields. This makes it easier for external applications to interpret
2010-05-01, Version 4.10.0
* collectd: JSON output now includes the "dstypes" and "dsnames"
fields. This makes it easier for external applications to interpret
* regex match: The "Invert" option has been added. Thanks to Julien
Ammous for his patch.
* regex match: The "Invert" option has been added. Thanks to Julien
Ammous for his patch.
+2011-03-26, Version 4.9.5
+ * Documentation: Several updates and additions. Thanks to Sebastian Harl.
+ * collectd: Build issues (compiler warnings) have been fixed. Thanks to
+ Bruno Prémont.
+ * collectd: Threshold subsection: Handling of NAN values in the
+ percentage calculation has been fixed.
+ * collectd, java plugin, ntpd plugin: Several diagnostic messages have
+ been improved.
+ * libvirt plugin: A bug in reading the virtual CPU statistics has been
+ fixed. Thanks to “JLPC” for reporting this problem.
+ * processes plugin: Potentially erroneous behavior has been fixed in an
+ error handling case.
+ * python plugin: Fix dispatching of values from Python scripts to
+ collectd. Thanks to Gregory Szorc for finding and fixing this
+ problem.
+
+2010-11-27, Version 4.9.4
+ * Documentation: Various documentation fixes.
+ * collectd: If including one configuration file fails, continue with
+ the rest of the configuration if possible.
+ * collectd: Fix a bug in the read function scheduling. In rare cases
+ read functions may not have been called as often as requested.
+ * collectd: Concurrency issues with errno(3) under AIX have been
+ fixed: A thread-safe version of errno has to be requested under AIX.
+ Thanks to Aurélien Reynaud for his patch.
+ * curl, memcachec, tail plugins: Fix handling of "DERIVE" data
+ sources. Matching the end of a string has been improved; thanks to
+ Sebastian Harl for the patch.
+ * curl_json plugin: Fix a problem when parsing 64bit integers. Reading
+ JSON data from non-HTTP sources has been fixed.
+ * netapp plugin: Pass the interval setting to the dispatch function.
+ Restore compatibility to NetApp Release 7.3. Thanks to Sven Trenkel
+ for the patch.
+ * network plugin: Be less verbose about unchecked signatures, in order
+ to prevent spamming the logs.
+ * notify_email plugin: Concurrency problems have been fixed.
+ * python plugin: Set "sys.argv", since many scripts don't expect that
+ it may not be set. Thanks to Sven Trenkel for the patch.
+ * rrdtool, rrdcached plugin: Fix a too strict assertion when creating
+ RRD files.
+ * value match: A minor memory leak has been fixed. Thanks to Sven
+ Trenkel for the patch.
+
+2010-07-09, Version 4.9.3
+ * Build system: Checking for "strtok_r" under Solaris has been fixed.
+ * Portability: Fixes for Solaris 8 have been applied. Thanks to
+ Aurélien Reynaud and Alexander Wuerstlein for their patches.
+ * collectd: The shutdown speed when terminating the read threads has
+ been improved.
+ * collectd-nagios: The format of the performance data has been fixed.
+ * libcollectdclient: A format error in the PUTVAL command has been
+ removed. Thanks to Johan Van den Brande for fixing this.
+ * df plugin: An error message shown when "cu_mount_getlist" fails has
+ been added.
+ * processes plugin: Missing initialization code for IO members of a
+ struct has been added. Thanks to Aurélien Reynaud for fixing this.
+ * python plugin: Memory leaks in the write and notification callbacks
+ have been fixed. A possible crash when the plugin was loaded but not
+ configured has been fixed. Thanks to Sven Trenkel for his patches.
+ * rrdcached plugin: A build issue has been resolved. Thanks to
+ Thorsten von Eicken for the patch.
+ * snmp plugin: Verbosity with regard to unknown ASN types has been
+ increased. A build problem on PowerPC and ARM processors has been
+ fixed by Aurélien Reynaud; thanks!
+ * powerdns plugin: Compatibility changes for PowerDNS 2.9.22 and above
+ have been applied. Thanks to Luke Heberling for his changes.
+
2010-04-22, Version 4.9.2
* Build system, various plugins: Fixes for AIX compatibility have been
added. Thanks to Manuel Sanmartin for his patches.
2010-04-22, Version 4.9.2
* Build system, various plugins: Fixes for AIX compatibility have been
added. Thanks to Manuel Sanmartin for his patches.